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Creating a new publication

- [Instructor] All right, in the last lesson,we got familiar with our user interfaceonce we launched Publisher.If you recall when we first launched the application,we saw a Getting Started screen.Now we're going to talk about how you createa new publication.There's two things you can do.You can create a new publication that's based on a template.There's lots to choose from in Publisheror you can create a new blank documentand work from scratch if that's your preference.We're going to talk about both methods.The question then isif we want to work from one of those templates,how do we get that Getting Started screen back?Well we could close down Publisherand launch it againand we'd see it.

Even better,we'll go up to the File menu up here,click File,and select New,the very first option on the File menu.Notice that Ctrl + N on the keyboardis the shortcutto bring up this screen.There it is.We've got our Getting Started withMicrosoft Office Publisher 2007 screen back.You can see over here on the left-hand side,we've got all of our Publication Types to choose from.You'll notice over here in the center sectionthat some of those publication typesare shown here as thumbnails.These are the Popular Publication Types.

Brochures, and Business Cards,and Calendars are popularas are the rest of these.To see more information,over on the right-hand side herefor any one of these categories,we just simply click on it.If we wanted to create a flyer,we'd click on Flyer.Now you can see that under Newer Designs,we've got a whole bunch of samples to choose from.These are templates that are flyers.There's many different kinds of flyers we can create.There all namedand they're listed alphabetically.You can see here, we've got a PhotoScope.

Here we've got Simple Divider, Tabs,Modular, and so on.If I kind of like the looks of this one,PhotoScope, over here,I'd click on it.Look what happens over on the right-hand side here.I get a thumbnail preview of it.Of course, I'm going to add my own textand my own pictures.I get a feel for the layout.If I like that layout,I just simply come down to the bottomand I click Create.If I wanted to, I could customize thisbefore I click Create.For example, if I wanted to change the color scheme,I could do thatclicking the color scheme dropdown.

Select from a different color schemeand you can see how things have changed hereon the preview thumbnail.Also, font schemes can be changedif I prefer some of these other font schemes.For example, this is going to bea very informal, funny one.I'm going to use Comic.You can see that things change here again in my preview.Business information, we're going to talk abouta little bit later on.We can create our own business informationso that it'll pre-populate the flyerin those areas where business informationshould show up.Other options include whether or notwe want to put a mailing address on there,include a graphic.

Right now we have one but if we don't want one,we just deselect that check box.You can see we just got even more space here for text.It's totally up to you.Once you've got all of your options setup,you just simply come down here and click Create.Now you're not done obviously.There's going to be content that needs to be added here.The layout part is done for the most part.We've created a new publication that is a flyerbased on some choices we madein the various categories and templates.Now if you wanted to create anew document, a new publication,that's blank,well, you can go up to your New button hereon the Standard toolbar and give it a click.

Right away, you can see I've just got the defaults right nowwhich is an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper.It's blank, there's nothing on it.I do have my Task pane herewhere I can start working with Page Options,Color Schemes, and so on.Then I've also got my Objects toolbar,sometimes called the Toolbox over herewhere we can start adding the various objectsto our publication.If you prefer to start from scratchwith a blank canvas,remember you've got the New button right here.If you prefer to choose from templates,go up to the File menuand select New from there.

If the Getting Started screen is not showing upon your screen,in other words,if you haven't just launched the application,you may want to get that back.Keep in mind those two optionsfor creating new publications in Publisher 2007.

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8/8/2007

Covering everything from the basics of layout and design to integrating with external data sources for mail merges, Publisher 2007 Essential Training is an indispensable course for anyone who wants to publish materials in-house. Instructor David Rivers shows how to best plan, format, edit, and print a project with this powerful yet easy-to-use software application. He explains how to start a project from scratch, insert and edit pages, work with fonts and graphics, and print or distribute the finished project. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.